Edge Cases

A shaft of sunlight on the very far end of West Kerry picks out two hikers holding hands as they descend Mount Brandon.

The aftermath of a storm (the associated wind of which was still blowing quite strongly) tries to pound the Clare coast into nothingness.

The famous deserted village on Slievemore mountain at Achill Island. These are the remnants of ~100 cottages abandoned in the early 20th century, for reasons not entirely clear, but probably to do with a combination of lifestyle pattern change, echoes of the Famine, and so on. Settlements in this area go back at least to the 12th century. In the distance, the sea at Minaun mountain is visible.

This is not Mt. Fuji. It’s Mount Errigal, Co. Donegal, Ireland; swathed in clouds.

Owned by the Guinness family, this lake is one of the highlights of Wicklow, though as it is in private ownership, it's artificial beach cannot be visited. Nonetheless, at sunset, it presents a marvellous view towards Luggala and the rest of the Wicklow mountains.

A view of Muckros Head, Co. Donegal, close to the (appropriately named) Memory Lane Teashop. A shaft of light picks out a house on the headland as the moutains of the North loom in the background.

Something there is that does not love a gable end. Kinsale, Co. Cork.

STOP says the view out of one of Lemenagh Castle's increasingly precarious windows.

Blackstones Bridge Over the River Caragh, County Kerry, Ireland.

Swarming the sap

Honeybees living inside the ruins of a tree in the Wicklow Mountains.